DKP  

Dragon Kill Points (DKP) is a system used by many raiding guild to reward its players as well as keep tab on them. DKP is a kind of currency that is earned within a guild for raiding and killing bosses, those points are then spent to 'buy' the loot that drop from a downed boss. The idea of a DKP system is that it allows to reward people fairly and equally based on contribution and effort and removing the human element out of it.

They are as many different variation of the DKP system as they are guilds.

The origin of the name goes all the way back to Everquest, in which the first 2 raid boss were dragons. The term 'dragon kill points' was coined then and has remained in use.

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